Impact

“Every lung transplant recipient wants to outrun rejection for as long as he or she can. That’s why the Lung Transplant Foundation’s research is so critical. I know that I am on borrowed time. My hope is that this pair of lungs will last longer; in the meantime, I’m living every day deliberately and with gratitude.”

— Kim Cable,two-time lung transplant recipient

Lung transplantation presents very specific challenges, but the most daunting is a form of rejection called bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). Doctors know very little about BOS or why recipients are highly susceptible to it. Currently, there are no effective treatments for BOS and lung transplant rejection.

We are the only major non-profit organization dedicated to funding research into post-transplant rejection.